Compositions of place

for the contemplations in the "second week" (Infancy and early public life narratives) of the SPIRITUAL EXERCISES of St. Ignatius Loyola

Part I of the 153 remarkable woodcuts which have been reconstructed from Jerome Nadal's 16th century publication

"Adnotationes et Meditationes in Evangelia quae in sacrosancto Missae sacrificio toto anno leguntur; cum Evangeliorum concordantia historiae integritati sufficienti"(Antwerp, 1595) It was Jerome Nadal's intention to furnish illustrations of the Gospel stories as an aid to those making the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius, so these illustrations are arranged chronologically according to the activities of Christ's life.

To move around quickly around Gospel Illustrations . . .
hit any of the following five (purple) headings.

Introduction
Table of contents
Part I (1 to 50) Week #2:Christ's infancy and early public life
Part II (51 to 100) Week #2:Christ's public life
Part III (101 to 153) Week #3 & # 4:Christ's Passion and Resurrection

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This web page is taken from GOSPEL ILLUSTRATIONS by Joseph MacDonnell, S.J. which is a reissue of Jerome Nadal's 153 images and is now available.
Published by The Fairfield Jesuit Community © 1998 Joseph F. MacDonnell, S.J. ISBN 0-9657731-2-4 (paperback) It contains 155 illustrations		Distributed by Joseph F. MacDonnell, S.J. Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06430 email: macdonnell@fairfield.edu Voice mail - 203 256-7222

Numbers 1 to 50

1 Annunciation	2 The Visitation
3 The Nativity	4 The shepherds
5 The circumcision	6 The arrival of the Maji
7 Adoration of the Maji	8 The Purification in the temple
9 Jesus with the scholars in the Temple	10 John the Baptist at the Jordan
11 Pharisees sent to speak to John	12 Christ tempted by the devil
13 The second and third temptations	14 Angels minister to Christ
15 The wedding feast at Cana	16 Driving the merchants from the Temple
17 A large catch of fish	18 Curing Peter's mother-in-law
19 First leave your gift at the altar	20 Love your enemies
21 Concerning fasting	22 Concerning genuine treasure
23 Concerning faith in God	24 Concerning the poor
25 Beware of false prophets	26 Cure of a leper
27 Cure of the centurion's servant	28 Son of the widow of Naim
29 The storm at sea	30 The paralytic lowered through the roof
31 Cure of the daughter of Jairus	32 John sends two disciples to Christ
33 The good Samaritan	34 Mary Magdaline washes Christ's feet
35 The Samaritan woman at the well	36 The Samaritan woman returns
37 Cure of the ruler's son	38 Parable of the sower
39 Weeds are sown among the wheat	40 The attempt to throw Christ off a cliff
41 Disciples rest after crossing the sea	42 The loaves and fish
43 Christ feeds 5,000	44 Christ walks on the Water
45 Christ expels the deaf mute's demons	46 The Jews seek a sign from Christ
47 Cure at the five porticoes	48 Cure of the paralytic on the Sabbath
49 Invitation to the great banquet	50 The Pharisees plan to kill Christ

To move around quickly around Gospel Illustrations . . .
hit any of the following five headings.

Introduction
Table of contents
Part I (1 to 50) Week #2:Christ's infancy and early pulbic life
Part II (51 to 100) Week #2:Christ's pulbic life
Part III (101 to 153) Week #3 & # 4:Christ's Passion and Resurrection

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